Glossary
Macro terms, data terms, and platform terms in one place
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Platform-specific workflow terms are marked separately from standard macro vocabulary.
Growth and output
A survey-based read on how households feel about current conditions and the outlook.
Household spending on goods and services.
Spending that goes to final users rather than into inventories or intermediate production.
Spending on productive capital, structures, equipment, software, or inventories.
A measure of spending at retail businesses, often used as a timely read on household demand.
Prices and inflation
The Federal Reserve's preferred broad core inflation measure, built from the PCE price index excluding food and energy.
A BEA price index built from household consumption in the national accounts, with weights that change over time.
Institutions and sources
The U.S. agency that publishes official energy production, consumption, and pricing data.
